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It has been a week since the start of new protests near Verkhovna Rada (the Parliament) demanding the “great political reform.” And the end of it is nowhere in sight, since its central figure is exiled Georgian president and Odesa...

Sergey Kusyuk, the former chief of the Berkut special police involved in violently dispersing Euromaidan protesters, was spotted dispersing protesters in Moscow on 12 June 2017. A photo of Kusyuk was published by the Russian TV...

Every Moscow protest is followed by an avalanche of such seemingly witty comments ridiculing its apparent pointlessness: Moscow youth styling it outside H&M after a heavy day instagramming at the anti-Putin protest in Moscow...

On 25 March 2017, Belarusians marked Freedom Day (Dzen Voli), an unofficial holiday to commemorate the creation of Belarusian People’s Republic in 1918. It is celebrated by democratic-minded Belarusians and usually opposed by the...

Over the past month, a wave of protests against the so -called “decree on social parasites” has rolled over Belarus. In result, hundreds of Belarusians were brutally detained and arrested by representatives of law enforcement...

On 21 January 2017, the third global #StopPutinsWarInUkraine rally took place in over 56 cities and 20 countries, according to the organizers. The first such protest took place in June 2016. The organizers of the event shared links to...

Iryna Bekeshkina, the sociologist who heads Kyiv’s Democratic Initiatives Foundation, says that so many Ukrainians now are in possession of guns that it is unreasonable to expect that future protests there like another Maidan will take...

Kyiv residents were suddenly awakened early on December 11, 2013 by the loud pealing of church bells. That night, Berkut troops stormed the Maidan in an attempt to clear the city centre of protestors and Maidan rallies. The bells rang...

Last week the Washington Post Deputy Editorial Director Jackson Diehl published an article titled “Putin’s hope to ignite Eurasia-style protests in the United States.” The author states: Putin developed an obsession...

The role of volunteers in sustaining the Ukrainian armed forces against the backdrop of Russian aggression cannot be overestimated. In 2014, the Armed Forces of Ukraine lacked troops, capacity, and resources. On 28 February 2014, at the...